The objective of this study is to measure the vertical and horizontal distribution of cone index (CI) values in no- till systems and the influence of soil water content. Data were interpolated allowing for cause and effect analysis. Other important factors as clay and silte content, bulk density, porous space and organic matter content had been monitored. A hydraulically penetrometer was used together with GPS receiver, soil auger and computer programs to collect and analize the data in tree different areas. Results allowed for the generation of maps of the attributes on different depts, and the regression among the
interpolated data, choosing the models with the higher determination coefficient (R2). It was evidenced, in all areas, high CI values at depth betwen 0,1 to 0,2 m. Lower values of CI occurred, in one of the areas, in the same place of higher organic matter, in the same located of higher clay and silt content. The visualization of relationship between two factors in the maps and the regression among the interpolated values extracted from those maps was not always possible, but when that possibility took place, the relationship between the CI and water content, as the other spatial relations, was visible in the maps and achievable by the modeling of the data extracted from them. The CI was first influenced by the water content, bulk density and porous space. Nevertheless it also varied as function of clay, silte and organic matter content.

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